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κ2549Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common property… Speech 8, 245b Hertlein. Plato ends the Phaedrus with the proverb used in this wider sense (279C, the scholia to which furnish most of the material here). See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
ι277Ἶκταρclose together… [3] Zenobius 5.55; scholion on Plato, Republic 575C, where the proverb is quoted (web address 1); see also omicron 825. [4] From omicron 825; cf. delta 1233.Matched in noteshighshort
λ41Λάθε βιώσαςlive in seclusion; live unnoticed; live unobtrusively… (22 Asmus); given more fully at sigma 116. For the proverb see also nu 192, and generally Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.244.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3196Ἐς πῦρ ξαίνειςyou are carding wool into the fireOr more exactly, to wasted effort: see epsiloniota 313. The proverb is used by Plato at Laws 780C and was duly collected by the paroemiographers (e.g. Zenobius 5.27).Matched in noteshighshort
ει89Εἰκότωνprobable [things]… scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 280; cf. eta 189. [4] This proverb has appeared already at epsiloniota 79, with a rather different explanation.Matched in noteshighshort
α1052Ἀλλὰ γάρbut for all that… fr. 68 Kock, now 77 K.-A. See Denniston 107. [2] Proverb used by [Plato], Critias 108C (see web address 1 below); see generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.856. On trophies cf. tau 1049 …Matched in noteshighshort
α4091Ἀρχήauthority, rule… this material (also in ps.-Zonaras) is unidentifiable. [2] In the proverb arkhe is used in the sense of "beginning": "well begun is half done." See alpha 4097. [3] Marinus, Life of Proclus 34.Matched in noteshighshort
δ400Δηλίου κολυμβητοῦDelian diver… omitted). [3] The paroemiographers do not, in fact, register the proverb in this nominative-case form; see rather Apostolius 5.100 (genitive, as above).Matched in noteshighmedium
α4096Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσινoffice exposes a manThe proverb -- Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.181 -- is quoted in one of the Exordia (Proems) of Demosthenes (48.2). The present entry is a cut-down version of the one in Harpokration, where …Matched in noteshighshort
α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… fr. 228. [6] Aristophanes, Frogs 614 (web address 4). Later proverbial: Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1685. [7] = Synagoge (Codex B) alpha1562; Photius, Lexicon alpha2181 Theodoridis. de Borries identifies this and the following …Matched in noteshighmedium
ει313Εἰς πῦρ ξαίνεινto card wool into a fire[1] From the scholia to Plato, Laws 780C, where the proverb is used. cf. already epsilon 3196. [2] cf. Apostolius 9.45.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3238Ἐς ὕδωρ γράφεινto write on waterApostolius 6.80, etc. Literary references to this proverb include ones in Sophocles (fr. 811 Radt) and Plato (Phaedrus 276C); cf. also Catullus 70.3-4 (mulier cupido quod dicit amanti ...rapida scribere oportet aqua). See generally …Matched in noteshighshort
η231Ἥλιξ ἥλικα τέρπειage-mate delights age-mate… and now 42E Athanassiadi). For earlier appearances of this 'old proverb' see e.g. Plato, Phaedrus 240C (with this very phrase), several times in Aristotle, and the paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1066. It …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1207Διὸς ΚόρινθοςZeus' [son] Korinthos… and Plato, Euthydemus 292E (both of which passages mention the proverb); and Zenobius 3.21. For an alternative explanation to the one given here see omicron 40. [1] Other versions have Corinth and Corcyra.Matched in noteshighmedium
μ116Μᾶλλον ὁ Φρύξrather the PhrygianThis proverb is also in Photius (mu78 Theodoridis, from Pausanias the Atticist) and the paroemiographers (e.g. Zenobius 5.16). For "Aesop the Phrgyian", and Croesus, see generally alphaiota 334. For the Seven Sages see OCD(4) …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than CrotonFor the two different interpretations of this proverb see upsilon 28, upsilon 29. This lemma (with upsilon 29) gives the more probable. Its first full sentence is taken from Photius, Lexicon kappa1114 Theodoridis, but …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1426Ἐν πίθῳ τὴν κεραμίαν μανθάνεινto learn the potter's craft on a wine-jarThis proverb -- of those running before they can walk -- appears in e.g. Plato (Laches 187B, with scholion; Gorgias 514E); cf. also Zenobius 3.65 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
κ388Καρικῇ Μούσῃwith a Carian muse… Iliad 2.867. [3] cf. Macarius Chrysocephalus [metropolitan of Philadelphia, 1336-82], Proverbs 5.9: *ka/rios ai)=nos: e)pi\ tw=n a)porou/ntwn ti diapra/casqai: a(lie/a ga/r fasi trofh=s a)porou=nta xeimw=ni ei)pei=n: *kolumbh/sw, a)lla\ r(igh/sw: mh\ kolumbh/sw, a)lla\ peina/sw; "Carian …Matched in noteshighshort
γ376Γόμφοιbolts, dowels, tenons… other lexica; references at Photius gamma182 Theodoridis; and cf. the proverb at alpha 1419. For the basic meaning and applications of the headword (first attested in Homer), here in the nominative plural, see LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1209Καὶ τὸ τοῦ λύκουeven that of the wolf… headword phrase occurs (web address 1): Socrates refers to a proverb di/kaion ei)=nai kai\ to\ tou= lu/kou ei)pei=n ("it is just to voice even the [defense] of the wolf.")Matched in noteshighshort
ε3781Εὐτυχεῖsucceeds… the particle toi in its usage 'mark you', "with a proverb or general reflection [...] to point the applicability of a universal truth to the special matter in hand" (J.D. Denniston, The Greek Particles, …Matched in noteshighshort
α537Ἀδύνατα εἶναιto be impossibles… is cast'), kappa 2591 and phi 5 (end); also the proverb "Triple six or three aces" (eta 635, tau 934, tau 1006).Matched in noteshighshort
δ849Διαψεύδονταιthey are cheated, they are deceived, they are disappointed… the Suda and Constantine makes for a better maxim or proverb, because of its paradox, and fits better with the following context. The text in the mss, however, applies only to the immedite result …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… [2] See delta 1621, and Photius, Lexicon delta812. [3] This proverb (kappa 2560 with a different explanation, Hesychius kappa3263; cf. Simplicius, Comm. in Epictetum 132.40; Proclus, On Plato's Alcibiades 105.2), sometimes translated "share the …Matched in noteshighshort
γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… witticism from allegory, accepting enigma, paroemia (the misapplication of a proverb to a situation in order to undercut the statement) and irony (Rhetorica I p.181 Sudhaus; cf. R.R. Dyer, Journal of Roman Studies 80, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… gay man (lambda 264, lambda 278, pi 3225, cf. the proverb for homosexual acts, ta\ *kinhsi/ou dra=| 'he does the acts of Cinesias': Michael Apostolius, Proverbs 15.89) and lampooned for his gruesome appearance, covered …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3008Ἔρις ἔριν τίκτουσα προσμνᾶται λόγονcontention begetting contention facilitates discussionLikewise in Mantissa Proverbiorum 1.60 (with glosses on 'facilities' and 'chattering' appended). Arsenius 7.94a omits the phrase 'out of friendship' but adds an explanatory clause: 'i.e. arguing about philosophy'. For the first two words, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1505Ἐν φρέατι κυσὶ μάχεσθαιto fight with dogs in a well… unidentifiable. (Adler suggested the emperor Julian, who does sometimes cite proverbs in this kind of way.)Matched in noteshighshort
αι76Αἰγυπτία κληματίςEgyptian vine-branch.… which 'Chrysippus [chi 568] in the first book of his Proverbs' is cited) and more fully 7.2. [1] cf. sigma 1313.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1537Κηροῦ εὐπλαστότεροςmore malleable than wax… there: web address 1). Similar entry in Gregory of Cyprus, Proverbs 4.2; see generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1375; and again under pi 1693. [2] On chromatic and diatonic scales, see chi 538. …Matched in noteshighshort